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I thought that I'd come to see what's different, since the last time I came for a visit. I'm still using PC Linus OS, for quite a while now. But lately, there seems to be some flaw that's developed with Synaptic, and also updating and upgrading with the Console mode. I better start with Synaptic first. When it comes to updating with Synaptic, I now have to go into the repositories, and change to a different depository to be able to do any updating/installing. Trying to use the same repository as the last time, the application cannot download all the indexes. When I start using a different repository, the behavior is then normal. This has been happening through updates of the kernel, standard updates, and updates for quite a while now. I've just been smiling and coping with this problem and dealing with it as best as possible, since I know how to handle the problem. Anyone know what's causing this problem? It seems to be inherent in all those sequences of updates/upgrades, and has never been corrected. And now for the text mode of updating/upgrading. Updates seem to happen normally without any visible error message. However, when it comes to upgrading, the downloading of the new applications, and setting it up for installation, seem to be normal. But when it comes to actually doing the upgrade, it may do two lines of the upgrade, and then freeze at that point. The only way that I can kill it is using the system activity screen, and force a hard death of the upgrade. So it boils down that I can only update/upgrade the system by using Synaptic with those tricks that I had mentioned above. The text mode is currently useless to do it to full completion. I always thought that with a newer upgrade, this problem would go away, but I'm inclined to believe that it has been neglected during all those transitions, and I pity the poor person who knows not how to overcome that problem. So, I'm looking for a possible solution from one of you guys who may have come across this problem. It probably crept in when they went to install once and always be up-to-date. The updates are not automatic. There is a notification that advises of new material, and it's up to the user to actually perform the update/upgrade. Cheers!